New evidence has been released by the CIPD and they highlight the need to have a real improvement in the overall fairness of pay. The reward management survey has suggested that some employers may be relying far too much on line managers to try and talk to their teams about outcomes and about pay processes too. The report shows that 75% of HR respondents feel like the majority of the people who work in their organisation are actually paid fairly. The truth is that only 33% of workers are inclined to agree with them. HR respondents are way more likely to agree that their executive is paid the right amount.

Half of the respondents have stated that line managers often have a moderate level of involvement when it comes to communicating with staff about the amount that they are paid. More than 3/5ths of employees have stated that they have never been given an explanation from their manager in regards to why they are being paid what they are.

Those who work in labour jobs or even labour recruitment will know more than anyone how important it is to get a fair wage because at the end of the day, they do try hard. That being said, 60% of people believe that their manager has done a poor job in communicating with them as well. Managers do play a role in making decisions and this is especially the case when you look at employee pay overall. Only 38% of people assess the effectiveness in their given role, so this could imply that there is a gap in the industry overall.
This could lead to even more problems if the issue is not dealt with soon and some even believe that it could go on to cause a divide in the workplace too.